Minnesota Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov will play during the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend on February 1-3.
Kaprizov, 26 (4/26/97), becomes the second player in franchise history to be selected to three All-Star games and first to do so in three consecutive seasons. The 5-foot-10, 202-pound native of Novokuznetsk, Russia, owns 34 points (13-21=34), five power-play goals (PPG), 15 power-play points (PPP), three game-winning goals (GWG) and 110 shots in 34 games this season. He leads Minnesota in scoring, PPP, and GWG while ranking second in goals, assists, and shots and ranks T-2nd in the NHL with two overtime goals (OTG) this season. In 237 career games with the Wild, the left-shot winger owns 268 points (127-141=268), 44 PPG, 91 PPP, 817 shots and eight OTG. He ranks first all-time in franchise history in OTG, third in multi-goal games (19), T-4th in multi-point games (72), fifth in goals and ninth in scoring.
The 2024 NHL® All-Star Weekend, hosted by the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena, has expanded to a three-day event. In addition to the NHL All-Star Skills™ presented by DraftKings Sportsbook on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 and the Rogers NHL® All-Star Game on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, the All-Star Weekend celebration will feature “NHL All-Star Thursday” on Feb. 1, 2024. NHL All-Star Thursday will also take place at Scotiabank Arena, starting at 6 p.m. ET, and will include the Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Player Draft, the NHL Alumni Man of the Year, Honoring the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Canadian Tire PWHL 3-on-3 Showcase.
The 2024 NHL All-Star Fan Vote will return in January, enabling fans to select 12 players to complete the All-Star rosters. The Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Player Draft represents the return of a concept that was an entertaining and engaging element of previous All-Star Weekends. The captains of the four All-Star teams, who will be paired with celebrity captains, will select their teams from the remaining pool of All-Star players, in a televised draft on NHL All-Star Thursday.
Minnesota Wild players that have been selected to play in previous NHL All-Star Games: Marian Gaborik (2003, 2008), Filip Kuba and Dwayne Roloson (2004), Brian Rolston (2007), Niklas Backstrom (2009), Brent Burns and Martin Havlat (2011), Mikko Koivu (2012 – did not play due to injury), Ryan Suter (2015, 2017), Devan Dubnyk (2016, 2017, 2019) and Eric Staal (2018, 2020), Kaprizov (2022, 2023) and Cam Talbot (2022). Bruce Boudreau coached the Central Division at the 2017 NHL All-Star Game.
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The National Hockey League announced Thursday the 32 participants for the upcoming NHL All-Star game in Toronto with Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid among those receiving the honours.
The All-Star Game returns to Toronto for the first time since 2000. It is the first time the event has been in Canada since Ottawa hosted the 2012 NHL All-Star Game.
Twelve players are to be named later by a fan vote. The vote will be held on NHL.com, X (formerly Twitter) and the NHL App through Jan. 11.
Another fan vote will be held from Jan. 13 to Jan. 18 to select four participants for the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills. NHL All-Star Weekend runs from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3
McDavid is headed back to the NHL All-Star Game for the seventh season in a row as the 26-year-old is third in the league in points (53) with 14 goals and 39 assists in 33 games this season.
Hellebuyck, 30, gets an All-Star nod for the fourth time in his career. The Commerce, Mich., native is tied for second with Vancouver Canucks’ Thatcher Demko in wins with 18.
Hellebuyck currently has an 18-6-3 record with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage.
Calgary Flames’ Elias Lindholm earns his first All-Star nod as the 29-year-old has scored eight goals and recorded 24 points in 37 games this season.
Quinn Hughes rounds out the honours for the Canadian teams as the Vancouver Canucks captain ranks second on the team in points with 46.
Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard continues to earn accolades as after earning back-to-back Rookie of the Month nominations (November, December), the former No.1 pick earns his first career All-Star nod.
The 18-year-old leads the Blackhawks with 33 points in 37 games.
